Spain Specific Purpose Work Visa

The Specific Purpose Work Visa for Spain is granted to third country nationals, who are the non-EU and non-EEA nationals coming into Spain for a specific short-term work assignment.
Different from other work visas, the purpose of this type of visa is for specified projects, assignments, or professional tasks that need to be done on a short term rather than staying for the long haul. It’s a good solution for people with clear professional purpose – completing some project, specialized training or providing short-term consultancy service.

Who is Qualified for the Specific Purpose Work Visa?

This visa is most ideal for those who have been offered a time-bound employment in Spain. Examples include consultants, project managers, technologists or engineers’ specialists, athletes, and artists coming for events or to serve contracts. The visa includes professionals with work that is vital in executing a specific task and does not require them to stay after the task has been undertaken.

Specific Purpose Work Visa Requirements:

• To be eligible for this visa, applicants should possess documents that show the nature of work they would engage in in Spain:
• Passport: valid for the duration of the stay.
• Completed visa application form and passport-sized photographs.
• Job offers or assignment contract, showing purpose, scope, and duration of work.
• Proof of qualifications, such as academic degrees, related to the job.
• Financial proof of means-whether it is sponsorship from the employer or through the applicant’s personal funds-such that the applicant would be able to support him or herself during the intended stay.
• Health insurance coverage, valid throughout the intended stay.

Application process and duration:

It starts with an application to a Spanish consulate in the applicant’s country of residence. There are no fixed time allocations, but applications take just weeks to be completed. Once approved, a Specific Purpose Work Visa allows visitors to stay for as long as their specific project or assignment may last, which may be a few weeks up to several months, after which one has no option to renew other than finishing the specific assignment that they traveled there to fulfill.

Conclusion:

The Specific Purpose Work Visa seems to be a good solution for the professionals who need to work on short-term projects or special assignments. It is a clear, well-structured, and by no means a means of stepping-stone passage for foreign talent into contributing their competences in Spain without committing long-term residency.